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RYAN: Recession could prompt tax reform
January 2, 2010
Earl RyanA new study by the National Conference of State Legislatures shows that states have narrowed
a collective budget gap by $145.9 billion in the fiscal year that began July 1, only to be faced with another $28.2 billion
gap for the remainder of the fiscal year. And fiscal 2011 and 2012 are equally bleak.
MoreSLAUGHTER: Imagine a world without deadlines
December 26, 2009
Robby SlaughterThe
reason we have deadlines is that they act as inflection points in the hierarchy of work. Each phase of work has a deadline:
an opportunity for failure and rejection.
MorePAYNE: How we can improve our 'talent dividend'
December 19, 2009
Brian PayneWe Hoosiers are starting to treat education with a sense of urgency and as something
worth achieving. This response to our city’s, state’s and country’s education crisis is reassuring, because
the
stakes couldn’t be higher.
MoreGUY: Ethical collapses offer many lessons
December 12, 2009
John Guy“The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse,” by Marianne M. Jennings, caused me to wonder whether investors
could have avoided various corporate disasters in Indiana.
MoreWIEGAND: School competition good for community
December 5, 2009
Kurt WiegandIt’s vitally important to have innovative, competitive and successful
school options available to attract and retain middle-class families in the neighborhoods.
MoreRHODES: Volunteering offers huge payback
November 28, 2009
Theresa Farrington RhodesOn any given day in Indianapolis, hundreds of people will volunteer their time tutoring children, stocking food pantry
shelves, raising funds and providing leadership for not-for-profit organizations that are making a difference in our community.
MoreFELDMANN: Put customer interest before revenue
November 21, 2009
Derrick FeldmannUnderstanding the customer and his or her motivation is priceless, but it’s
old-school and just half of the solution. The other half, making it easy
for the customer to engage, is what sets growing organizations apart from stagnant ones.
MoreSHABAZZ: Thank you for choosing to smoke, or not
November 14, 2009
Abdul-Hakim ShabazzAnti-smoking advocates like to push the image of servers forced to work in a smoke-filled bar because they have no choice.
Sorry my friends, in real life the facts tend to lead otherwise.
MoreGROSSMAN: Just what are 'green jobs,' anyway?
November 7, 2009
Peter Z. GrossmanIndiana officials appear to be working hard to get our share of the 5 million “green jobs” President
Obama says he’ll create. Sounds like a good idea, except for one problem: No one can really say just what
a green job is.
MoreHENDERSON: Airport terminal, one long year later
October 31, 2009
Tom HendersonAs an all-too-frequent flier, I’ve had a chance to get the full-love experience of the new airport terminal numerous
times in its first year. The summary is that it’s both tolerable, and I have no choice.
MoreJOSEPH: Will new rules end blog pay for play?
October 24, 2009
Hannah Kaufman JosephThis month, the Federal Trade Commission announced new rules
aimed at increasing transparency in social media advertising. Starting Dec. 1, bloggers and other users of social media tools,
such as Twitter and Facebook, must disclose if they have received any type of payment in exchange for promotion, advertising
or endorsement.
MoreWIEGAND: Does Indianapolis suffer from 'economic apartheid'?
October 17, 2009
Kurt WiegandI see Mayor Greg Ballard’s plan to demolish abandoned homes as a sign of failure, an acknowledgment
that our leaders—those whom we elected, business leaders, policy people, and leaders of not-for-profits—have failed
us, much in the same way leaders dramatically failed the auto companies, investment banks and mortgage companies.
MoreHUDNUT: In appreciation of Mel Simon
October 3, 2009
Bill HudnutI happened to be in Indianapolis the week before Mel Simon passed away on Sept. 16, and talked with his secretary
about visiting him briefly, because I knew he was very ill. But he was too ill to see me.
MoreFAENZI: Can Kindle and books co-exist?
September 26, 2009
Carol FaenziWhile on a long flight recently, I noticed that the woman sitting next to me was using a “Kindle,” the e-book
device that allows one to download books and click through pages. I mourn the fading away of the tangible,
the sensual—books, newspapers, letters.
MoreSLAUGHTER: Learn how to say 'no' at work
September 19, 2009
Robby SlaughterWhether we
do so out of fear, greed or a sense of duty, relentlessly volunteering for more work is one of the worst choices we can make
at the office.
MoreMUELLER: Women, Wall Street and financial crises
September 12, 2009
Shirley M. MuellerAlthough women now make up 60 percent of the work force, they occupy only 20 percent of executive positions. There are even
fewer in finance, especially the high-risk areas like hedge funds. This may be one important reason we are in our
economic chaos.
MoreZEIGLER: Downtown deserves better design
September 5, 2009
Connie ZeiglerDowntown Indianapolis has a housing problem. I am not referring to the abandoned and foreclosed homes that blight many of
our neighborhoods. This is a problem of new, prominent construction projects that are out of place in our built environment.
MoreBARADA: What's wrong with this picture?
August 29, 2009
Paul W. BaradaThere are some pretty basic things out of whack in our society. Not too long ago, a local newspaper reported that a union
member from an area General Motors Corp. plant, with a job title of something like “assistant tool room organizer,”
was being paid in the high $20-per-hour range, not counting benefits. The only requirement for the job—maybe a high
school diploma.
MoreKANNING: Is our nation following in GM's footsteps?
August 24, 2009
Flawed decisions destroy organizations, not company size or lack thereof.
MoreJOSEPH: Don't repeat Marsh's mistake
August 17, 2009
Marsh Supermarkets quickly realized it could not honor the flood of redemptions of the $10 coupon it recently offered to its
Facebook friends.
MoreKOVACS: Time is now for health care reform
August 10, 2009
One of the biggest challenges facing our nation is health care reform. Despite development of the most innovative and significant
advances in medical treatment, our ability as health care professionals to provide high-quality, cost-effective and continual
patient care too often falls by the wayside as a result of misalignments in our health care system.
MoreGARNER: Urban redevelopment requires dialogue
August 3, 2009
Sanford GarnerLater this summer, architects, urban planners, economists and hydrologists from around the city and around the nation will
come to Indianapolis to begin planning for the redevelopment of the area near 22nd Street and the Monon Trail. Known
as the American Institute of Architects Sustainable Design Assessment Team, it will work with neighborhood organizations
and city leaders to develop a renewal plan to turn this blighted area into a thriving neighborhood.
MoreFELDMANN: Don't seek attention, generate it
July 27, 2009
Derrick FeldmannIn case after case, we see businesses and not-for-profit organizations launching initiatives, holding
events and undertaking other activities for the sole purpose of “awareness raising.” And
in case after case, we see that the public failed to respond the way the organization expected.
MoreVIEWPOINT: Discuss CEO pay in the open
July 6, 2009
John GuyWhile transparency is a stated goal of many corporations, deliberations regarding distribution of shareholder property
to executives are not subject to light of day or to review. Instead, decision-making is camouflaged by
thousands of words that appear substantial but disclose little.
MoreGUY: What price company leadership?
June 29, 2009
John GuyThe folks who control executive compensation are often executives themselves. Boards must realize that their self-dealing,
self-benefiting ways are grossly out of line with the true value of one's contribution to a business and society.
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Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.